 "Will my smartphone get Google Android Oreo? List of devices that get update")
Google in August announced Android 8.0 Oreo and released a list of smartphone manufacturers that will be updating their devices soon. The Pixel and Nexus devices will be the first among the first smartphones to receive the update and Google has already confirmed that the carrier testing is underway and the devices will receive it soon.
Here are the smartphones that that will receive the update:
Google
- Google Pixel
- Google Pixel XL
The upcoming Pixel devices, which are launching on October 4 are expected to run Google Oreo 8.0 out of the box.
Nexus
Nexus
- Nexus 5X
- Nexus 6P
Motorola
- Moto Z
- Moto Z Droid
- Moto Z Force Droid
- Moto Z Play
- Moto Z Play Droid
- Moto Z2 Play
- Moto Z2 Force Edition
- Moto X4
- Moto G5
- Moto G5 Plus
- Moto G5s
- Moto G5s Plus
The rather small list does not feature any phone from Moto C-series and Moto E-series, which are budget-series smartphone and have been of great demand in price conscious Indian market. While the list is mandated for the US, it is still to be seen if Motorola releases another list for India and include C-series and E-series in it.
OnePlus
- OnePlus 5
- OnePlus 3T
- OnePlus 3
HMD Global
- Nokia 8
- Nokia 6
- Nokia 5
- Nokia 3
HTC
- HTC U11
- HTC U Ultra
- HTC 10
Samsung (Tentative)
- Samsung Galaxy S8
- Samsung Galaxy S8+
- Samsung Galaxy Note 8
- Samsung Galaxy S7
- Samsung Galaxy S7 edge
- Samsung Galaxy S7 Active
- Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
- Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)
- Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017)
- Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017)
- Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)
- Samsung Galaxy Note FE
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S3
- Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro
- Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro
- Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime
Sony Xperia
- Sony Xperia X
- Sony Xperia X Performance
- Sony Xperia XZ
- Sony Xperia X Compact
- Sony Xperia XZ Premium
- Sony Xperia XZs
- Sony Xperia XA1
- Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra
- Sony Xperia Touch
- Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
The recently announced Xperia XZ1 and Xperia XZ1 Compact will both launch with Android 8.0 Oreo pre-installed.
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